A Fearful Master

Chester McAteer

Those who, for whatever reason, arm the State by disarming themselves, are forever at the mercy of the State. In such a position, there can be no other appeal against the enforced Sovereignty or the will of the State, whether it is popular or not, beneficial or not. At which point there can be no control over its edicts even when they are deemed harmful to the citizenry.

How is it possible that people are willing to take a gamble that the State will always act within the best interest and to the benefit of the citizens? I know of no such faith that can soundly be placed in politicians nor the State in which they seek to orchestrate control when the most corrupting temptation of all is the grasp of the reigns of power.

It is difficult to understand what possible condition that might induce a rational person to relinquish all remaining means of self preservation into the hands of the powers of coercion that are found in an all-powerful State nor the politicians that are assumed good and honest stewards of such power, to disarm themselves in favor of the State is and always has been a very dangerous proposition, as history teaches.

Tim adds:

There is a fable about a horse and a man forming a partnership. Both were enemies of the wolf (or lion) and so the horse offered to team up with the man, giving his superior strength and speed to the man to help kill the wolf. The man put the saddle on the horse, the bit in his mouth, and then killed the wolf. The horse then said "you may not turn me loose; our partnership is ended" at which point the man laughed cruelly "Never!" and spurred the horse with a will.

The moral of the story is that the horse was a stupid animal, trusting the man to keep his word and turn him loose once the need was past.

As George Washington observed "Government is like fire, a dangerous servant and a fearful master". By it's very nature it seeks to grow and empower itself. While there may be good people in government there are also bad ones, and the very structure of government guarantees that more bad will go into it than good. Power and money are it's natural environment, and that attracts the tyrant and the thief. In the end if it is not chained it will devour the very people who created it and sought it's protections.

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